is a passenger

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located in the city of Ōzu,

Ehime Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,334,841 and a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Toku ...

, Japan. It is operated by

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and has the station number "S17".

Lines

Gorō Station is located on the older, original, branch of the

Yosan Line The is the principal railway line on the island of Shikoku in Japan, connecting the major cities of Shikoku, and via the Honshi-Bisan Line, with Honshu. It is operated by the Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku), and is aligned approximately p ...

which runs along the coast from to and is 245.7 km from the beginning of the line at . Only local trains stop at the station. Eastbound local services end at . Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama on the line.

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a

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serving a single track. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. Also present are the remnants of a disused island platform.

History

The station opened on 14 February 1918. At that time, it was an intermediate station on the privately run 762 mm gauge Ehime Railway from Nagahama-machi (now ) to Ōzu (now ). When the company was nationalized on 1 October 1933,

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national rail transport, railway system directly operated by the until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Railways Group. Name The English name "Japanese ...

(JGR) assumed control and operated the station as part of the Ehime Line. Subsequently, the track of the Ehime Line was regauged to 1,067 mm. A link with the Yosan Line was created between and . The stretch of Ehime Line track from Iyo-Nagahama to Iyo-Ōzu, including Gorō, was then incorporated into the Yosan Main Line on 6 October 1935. At the same time, the branch of Ehime Line from Gorō through to and later became the

Uchiko Line The is the name of a short section of railway line that was originally a branch line before a section of it was upgraded and became part of the Yosan Line. It connects in Uchiko, Kita District to in Ōzu, entirely in Ehime Prefecture on the ...

.Gorō became the official start point of this line. On 3 March 1986, the Uchiko shortcut/branch of the Yosan Line from through to and was completed. The branch from Gorō to Niiya was then abolished and Gorō ceased to be part of the Uchiko Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku.

Surrounding area

*Hijikawa Disaster Prevention Station

References

External links

Station timetable
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goro Station Railway stations in Ehime Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1918 Ōzu, Ehime